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Found 3 items, similar to Brier.

Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Brier

Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\ (br[imac]"[~e]r), n. [OE. brere,
brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn,
brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]
1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles;
especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
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2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
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The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper.
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Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia
and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also
2nd brier.

Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax
(Smilax rotundifolia, etc.)

Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.

Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina.
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Brier \Bri"er\, n.
1. the white heath Erica arborea. --RHUD.
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2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier[1].

Note: Brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term
meaning root of the Smilax laurifolia and is now
defined as root of the Erica arborea. Not clear when
this changed. -- PJC.
[PJC]

Dictionary: quick_english-indonesian
Definition: brier

tumbuh-tumbuhan berduri

Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: brier

brier
n 1: tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brierpatch, {brier
patch}]
2: a thorny stem or twig
3: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier,
sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria]
4: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States
growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with
shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed
by clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier,
greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, {horse-brier}, briar,
Smilax rotundifolia]
5: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots
used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, {Erica
arborea}]